10 officials suspended in ORHDC scam
Bhubaneswar | Saturday, Nov 21 2009 IST
 

The Orissa government has so far placed ten officials, including the former Managing Director of Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation, for their alleged involvement in corruption.

State Housing Minister Badrinarayan Patra told the state Assembly yesterday that the vigilance inquiry was going on against 13 people in connection with the scam.

Criminal proceedings had been initiated against former executive director(finance) Ch Amrtutalinga and former executive director(tech) P C Das, Mr Patro added.

Former Managing Director Vinod Kumar, company secretary Swasti Ranjan Mohapatra, accountant Chittaranjan Mallik, accounts officer Pradeep Kumar Rout, junior officer Satya Prakash Behera, Assistant System Analyst Jnanendra Swain, Recovery Assistant Umesh Chandra Swain and Personal Assistant to MD Raja Ballav Muduli were arrested and detained under jail custody but subsequently released on bail.

Apart from it, disciplinary proceedings had been drawn against junior officer Subhakanta Tripathy, Assistant Manager Anand Rao, senior draftsman Sahi Bhushan Das, Mr Patro added.

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